In a message dated 12/7/2005 12:26:46 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, sly@victoria.tc.ca writes:
Also, the more prominent placing of the DONATE link *has* resulted in noticably more donations via PayPal. Most donations are smallish ($5-10), but sprinkled with $50 and $100 donations. This really helps to support our DVD/CD giveaways, book-buying, and other programs.
That is very good news. Thanks for sharing. That's what we're seeing here--small checks (one woman sent $4 in cash) sprinkled with larger donations--one a few weeks ago for $1000. We're also receiving letters containing both a donation and a request that we not sell their name to mailing lists or send the donors endless donation requests. We assure people that we do not do this. It might be a very good idea to make that promise again in the write-up, because we might be missing donations from people who would donate if they knew they would not be put in anybody's sucker list. We do keep careful records, because "how much from which state" is required in some states and occasionally by the IRS, but we definitely do not share names and addresses with ANYBODY. Anne